October 2015 – Travel Monkey

Barcelona’s Park Güell

Lots of cities have parks. Probably most cities. There are parks and then there is Park Güell in Barcelona. It is

A few weeks ago Kongo’s sister-in-law, Toni, visited from Southern California. She had to hurry up because the treehouse in

Venice and gondolas go together like pasta and meatballs, pepperoni and pizza, monkeys and bananas. You get the idea. You

George Bernard Shaw called Dubrovnik “heaven on earth.” This angelic city on the Adriatic Sea certainly lives up to this

What little girl doesn’t want to grow up to be a real life princess, marry a handsome prince, become a

On Kongo’s recent European cruise he spent a day in the French province of Provence. Wow. Warm skies, fishing villages,

Just a month ago Kongo visited Tuscany and the two famous cities of Florence and Pisa. Florence is one of

A beautiful sunset, a romantic setting along Barcelona’s waterfront, a fantastic hotel suite waiting just a few blocks away, and

And then there was Rome. Of all the places Kongo visited during his European trip last month, Rome was

It seems like just yesterday, but three weeks ago the Monkey visited the Greek island of Corfu in the Ionian